We painted our toe nails

I bought some finger nail polish and we painted our toe nails. I attempted to let Abby paint mine but as you can guess, it didn't go all that well. She didn't make a mess of anything but my feet so that was good. She kept pointing to her toes and then to mine for a while after that. Even the next day. She has started to say pretty and kept saying it when she would point to her toes. Sometimes it is fun to just be girlie. I NEVER paint my toe nails because I don't like to draw attention to my feet, but Abby liked it so I did it. The things that you do for those that you love. Also I don't think that you can tell in this photo but Abby and I are both developing a tan from spending so much time outside. Abby has never gotten a sun burn (cross my fingers). We only spend spirts of time out there several times a day. But hey we are tanning nicely. Well my feet and my arms and face. I don't where shorts so my legs are white as ever.
Also Abby likes to attempt to do everything herself. Here is a picture of her trying to clip her toe nails. The clippers are closed for those of you who are concerned for her safety. She hasn't figured out that you need to open them. She is also watched very closely when she tries. She basically just puts them up to her nails and a says clip clip.
Also as you might be able to see her hair is growing in. The front piece is long enough that I can brush it to the side and it looks really cute.

Abby and I were just goofing off one day and these are the picture of what happens when we just play around

Abby at the playground

Rob bought a new digital camera and took some pictures of Abby while we were out playing. He did a really good job and Abby even posed in them. He posted them on his website so you all could see: click here to see them.

We're expecting # 2 on December 7th

Well for all of you who do not know yet. I thought I should make an announcement, I AM PREGNANT! My due date is December 7th (anniversary of pearl harbor). I am 12 weeks pregnant and man I had a rough time the last few weeks. Well it all started around 8 weeks so its been almost a month now. I have been throwing up a lot. Abby has been pretty good about it, except for the hitting me on the head with the toilet lid as my head is over it. It's actually funny now that I think about it. Anyways I am started to feel better and when I do have a bad day the doctor prescribed me some medication to take to help. Also I am one of those lucky people who show really fast and get really big so I am starting to show. Maybe I will put a picture on here we will see.
I love to read about pregnancy stuff while I am pregnant so I get these emails everyday about my pregnancy. Right now the baby is 2 and a half inches long and is about a half an ounce. Tiny little guy but he seams to be hanging in there.
As for everything else. Abby has pied in the toilet 5 times now and she will tell me when she needs to go. It's hard to potty train. I forget a lot to take her in to go and sometimes she just wont. I don't want to force her because then she just wont do it. So hopefully by the time she is 2 we'll have her potty trained. If not that is fine to. I am just glad that she is interested this early. It makes me hopeful that when the new baby comes I will only have to change one diaper.

Abby peed in the toilet twice.

I still can't believe it, but yes Abby pied in the toilet twice yesterday. She asked to go potty so I took her to the bathroom. We sat and sat and sat and nothing. So I went to take her off and she said pee again so I put her back on. Again we sat and sat and sat and nothing. So, I took her off again and she said pee again. So I thought, I will try one more time and if she doesn't I will just take her out of the room and distract her with something else. Then all of a sudden she got this serious look on her face and she pied. I was so excited. Abby just smiled kind of shocked. We celebrated and then in about an hour and a half she asked to go again and sure enough she went again. This time she just laughed when she pied. She is such a silly kid sometimes.
We haven't had any luck today but I'm sure it will be like this for a while until she grasps the concept that we only pee in the toilet. Well that is our exciting news for the day.

My little helper

Abby always likes to help no matter what I am doing. Sometimes she tries to help and just gets in the way. These are pictures of Abby helping put the dishes away. She loved it. I try to let her help whenever I can. She gets upset if I don't.

Some other cute things Abby can do now. I say a prayer over every meal and Abby started to notice that Rob and I fold our arms. So, Rob showed her how and now all I have to do is tell Abby we are going to pray and she will shake her head yes and fold her arms. She keeps them folded during the whole prayer. It is so cute. I didn't realize that she would be able to do something like that this young.

Also about two weeks ago Abby started to say Mama pee and point to her diaper. So I would change her and sure enough every time she had peed (this made for a lot of wasted diapers because I was having to change her way more often). She would even grab some toilet paper and try to wipe. One day she pointed to the toilet and said Mama pee. So I decided maybe she is ready to potty train. So I went and bought a little padded seat that sits on the toilet that is small enough for her little bum. She loves to sit on the toilet and go pee. She hasn't actually done anything yet but we keep trying. She does like to wipe though. I think she might like the fact that she gets to sit on the toilet and put paper in it more then just sitting on it. Hopefully some day she gets it. I am trying not to push her so I ask her if she wants to go potty and sure enough every time she does. I am sure one day she will be sick of it. I am just hoping that she pees once before that happens so that she gets why I am doing this. Also hopefully I can get her trained before her 2nd birthday. We'll see. If not that is ok too.

Bean Museum

We took Abby to the Bean museum a couple of weeks ago. For those who don't know, the Bean museum is on B.Y.Us campus. It's a wildlife museum with taxidermy animals from all around the world. Here are some pictures of the trip. She seamed interested in the children more then the animals.

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